Forget the glass slipper, these kick-ass ladies were smashing the glass ceiling in the 90s.

From Buffy to Blossom, here’s a run down of the girls who ran the world in the 90s.

1. Lightening and Jet from Gladiators

Strong, powerful and perma-tanned, the Gladiators girls taught us that women can be just as scary as men when armed with a gum-shield and large padded stick. We tried to make ‘Jet’ happen as a nickname but it didn’t catch on.

2. Lisa Simpson

Coming home and watching the Simpsons after school was a ritual for most kids in the 90s. Not only is eight-year-old Lisa an outspoken feminist, she’s also a misunderstood intellectual, budding jazz musician, and voice of justice and reason in the programme. What a woman.

(Picture: Fox)

3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The ultimate fearless female heroine, Buffy carried the safety of the world on her shoulders and still found time to look bloody hot when she was busy saving the world. She quite literally kicks ass.

4. Hermione Granger

The first Harry Potter book came out in 1997 and we were hooked on Hermione. We always knew she was a feminist. Hermione was never afraid to be herself, and remains an inspiration to muggles and curly haired girls everywhere.

5. Sabrina the Teenage Witch

We will always have a soft spot for Sabrina and Salem. Not only did she have to deal with boys and mean cheerleaders at school (we’re looking at you, Libby) she also had to get to grips with being a witch. Puts our own problems into perspective….

We were never sure quite what a ‘scrub’ was, but we hella knew we didn’t want one.

8. Wednesday Adams

The 90s heroine for goths everywhere, Wednesday Adams pioneered the bitchy resting face and taught us it’s ok to wear black every day.

(Picture: Paramount pictures)

9. Billie Piper

Remember when she was pretty much the coolest popstar ever? *Because we want to, because we want to*. And just LOOK at that epic 90s hairstyle.

(Picture: Top of The Pops)

10. Cher From Clueless

Cher taught us the two most important lessons in a young girl’s life: yellow can be fierce, and all popular girls don’t have to be mean.

(Picture: Rex)

11. Meg from Hercules

Meg is one sassy lady, and one of the first female Disney characters to demonstrate fierce independence and a serious attitude. YES MEG.

12. Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)

Gwen nailed kooky 90s fashion, and showed the world that weird can be hot.

(Picture: PETER BROOKER/REX)

13. All Saints

We knew all the words to ‘Never Ever’. Especially the beginning bit. An anthem for our 14 year old heartbroken crushes.

14. Pink and yellow power rangers

Putting aside the slight gender stereotyping with the whole pink and yellow thing, we still wanted to put on the spandex suits and throw some karate punches.

15. Power puff girls

A whole cartoon about three sisters saving the world with their superpowers? Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup were way tougher than they sound.

16. Katy Hill (Live & Kicking & Blue Peter)

There was a time in our lives, when all we wanted was to have a Blue Peter badge and be Katy Hill’s best friend. And maybe have her hair.

(Picture: Ken McKay/REX)

17. Blossom Russo

Bad-ass feminist and fictional tv character of the 90s, not only did Blossom Russo have a wacky fashion sense (which is sort of on-trend right now), but the first episode of the series was called ‘Blossom Blossoms’, an entire episode about Blossom getting her period, and ‘becoming a woman.’